No one wants to come to Los Angeles to play with LeBron James. Or at least that’s the latest debate show straw-man argument Lakers fans have been endlessly assaulted with since James inked his four-year, $153.3 million contract last summer.
A few players around the league have downplayed that idea, while others have reinforced it. For the players that don’t want to play with James, Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss has one message: stay where you are.
In an interview on “The Lowe Post” with Zach Lowe of ESPN, Buss reiterated that she has no interest in signing players that don’t want to play with once-in-a-generation players like James (or Kobe Bryant):
“I heard that about Kobe Bryant too and that makes me laugh, because if somebody doesn’t want to play with the best player playing in the NBA right now, I don’t want them on the team.